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O'MALLEY DELIVERING $$ TO EARLY PREZ STATES: Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley headed inside the Beltway on Wednesday for a fundraiser at Podesta Group and told attendees that as he transitions over the next 18 months to his next step, he would be helping state and federal candidates, according to a PI tipster. Two he mentioned: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Rep. Bruce Braley (Iowa), two early primary states for 2016. The event for his "O Say Can You See PAC" included lead sponsors of Wal-Mart, Nestle, Lockheed Martin, Enterprise and Davita. Paul Brathwaite, Martin Chavez, Nicole Young Collier, AJ Jones,Oscar Ramirez and Len Simon were listed on the invite for the event, which asked chairs to raise $5,000; $2,500 for PACs, or to host; and $1,000 to co-host.

SCHUMER REINTRODUCES HOLOCAUST BILL: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has reintroduced the Holocaust Rail Justice Act — a proposal that would allow Holocaust survivors a chance to bring claims against a French rail company for war crimes. The bill has been a top priority for the Coalition for Holocaust Rail Justice — a coalition of survivors, family members, historians and volunteers. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has been representing the coalition pro-bono on the issue.

GOOD THURSDAY AFTERNOON, where today’s edition was written from a coffee shop on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. To get here, PI (well, just Byron) landed at Logan Airport, which has Terminals A, B, C, and E but is missing Terminal D. Then PI took the MBTA Blue Line and transferred to the Green Line at Government Center. The Green Line has branches B, C, D and E, but no A. What’s with the missing letters, Beantown? Well, the T’s A Branch of the Green Line has been shuttered since 1969 and in the last 44 years, no one ever got around to relettering the other branches. And at Logan, Terminal D was absorbed into Terminal C in 2006. No one bothered to reletter the terminals either. Send your lobbying news, gossip, tips and scoops to btau@politico.com and apalmer@politico.com. And follow us on Twitter at @ByronTau and @apalmerdc.

OPPENHEIM TO MERCK: Katie Oppenheim is leaving Eisai after two and a half years to join Merck as executive director of U.S. policy and government relations.

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BERGER TAKES THE REINS AT NAFCU: B. Dan Berger has officially taken over as president and CEO of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions, effective Thursday. Beginning his term, Berger has set three key priorities for the association: managing the group's finances while retaining its effectiveness, serving as credit union industry's chief advocate and investing in state of the art technology.

HOTEL ASSOCIATION CONCERNED ABOUT TRAVEL BILL: The House's passage of the Government Spending Accountability Act of 2013 on Wednesday has the travel industry’s trade associations concerned. The American Hotel & Lodging Association's president and CEO Katherine Lugar said in a statement: "We caution that measures taken in haste, imposing arbitrary and indiscriminate actions, risk unintended consequences that may result in significant travel inefficiencies and higher costs. We encourage Congress to take into account the benefits of in-person meetings and conferences on which many agencies rely.” They're not the only group to warn against the bill, which would cap government and conference spending by federal employees. The U.S. Travel Association released a report last week that found that government travel had positive benefits for taxpayers.

LIBERALS WINNING THE OUTSIDE CASH RACE: Democrats and liberals — traditionally more skeptical about the role of big money and mega-donors in politics — beat Republicans in the outside money battle for the first half of the year. Groups backing Democratic candidates and causes in 2014 and 2016 all posted robust fundraising numbers, as did organizations supporting President Barack Obama’s top second-term priorities, according to a POLITICO review of campaign finance reports filed Wednesday. Conservative groups — accustomed to dominating the outside money game — underperformed expectations with lackluster hauls. Byron and Tarini have more: http://politi.co/19zs6sq

Matea Gold has more on the lackluster fundraiasing totals posted by conservative super PACs: http://wapo.st/18P65TK

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